No trout fishing setup is complete without a tippet holder. / Photo by Jasper Taback If you wonder why trout anglers get a bad rap. Well, why do we need our own tippet sizing system that makes no ...

Take me to your leader, and chances are we’ll be able to fix some of your flyfishing problems. Leaders are among the basic elements of fly tackle, but the essentials of leader design and performance ...

Fly fishing is to fishing what road cycling is to biking, stick-shifting is to driving and using a straight razor is to shaving. It’s a sport that requires precision, poise and patience and grants ...

Fly fishing can be an intimidating approach to angling. After all, we are not really enticing fish to eat with a food source such as bait. Rather, we are mimicking a natural food source and doing what ...

Fluorocarbon trout leaders are designed to be stiff, abrasion-resistant, and quick-sinking. The underwater visibility of fluoro is also much lower than that of mono, and it’s generally stronger and ...

guides these days, Tom Sadler likes to boost his clients’ chances of catching trout by having them fish with two flies instead of one. He sets them up with the kind of rig known as dry dropper: one ...

The sport of fly fishing grew immensely during the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2020 alone, participation increased by 11 percent, a giant leap over the prior 10 years. And the numbers keep rising. It makes ...